Well, I’ve had fun, over the past two days… I’ve been copying over entries that I had written at MySpace over to this blog… I really don’t know why… Maybe I just see the need to have all of my thoughts in one place, besides, I’ve vowed to blog here and only here (at least until I can find a publishing tool that will allow me to post to several sites at once).
All of these former MySpace posts have been designated with a MySpace icon, and have the date that they were published… Sorry, I didn’t feel like keeping the time accurate…
I will be going back through all of these entries, and trying to tag them. For that matter, I will be trying to go back through ALL of my LJ entries and tagging/re-tagging them. I really didn’t care for the system that I was trying to create with the tags, so I am just going to choose keywords rather than categorizing… should be a bit simpler for me to accomplish, plus it will seem to follow the model that everyone else out there uses…
So, if you haven’t read the old MySpace blog entries, then please, feel free to hit the archives…
Tag: randomness
Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T
Um, I don’t think I want an iPhone anymore…
Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T
Tech.Luver writes “Jay Levy says he has been stung by Apple’s iPhone pact with AT&T after he took an iPhone on a Mediterranean cruise. They didn’t use their phones, but when they got back they had a 54-page monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless. The problem was that their three iPhones were racking up a bill for data charges using foreign phone charges. The iPhone regularly updates e-mail, even while it’s off, so that all the messages will be available when the user turns it on. “”
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Method of Reading Discovered
this article isn’t as much fun as the text and links provided as comments… go check it out…
Method of Reading Discovered
Scientists have discovered that the method our eyes use to process letters on a page is different than previously believed. Instead of assimilating one letter at a time our eyes actually lock on to two different letters simultaneously about half the time. “The team’s results demonstrated that both eyes lock on to the same letter 53%% of the time; for 39%% of the time they see different letters with uncrossed eyes; and for 8%% of the time the eyes are crossing to focus on different letters. A follow-up experiment with the eye-tracking equipment showed that we only see one clear image when reading because our brain fuses the different images from our eyes together.”
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Drought takes toll on Kentucky marijuana crop
Dry summer weather has not only affected the legal agricultural crops… Marijuana has been affected as well…
Drought takes toll on Kentucky marijuana crop
Drought in Kentucky, ranked as one of the top producers of the illegal crop, drying up pot crop
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Kentucky moves to fire six social service workers
In regards to the Elizabethtown DCBS office, state investigators found an “office that thrived on the power of controlling families by removing children from their biological parents and terminating their parental rights. Investigators said supervisors there were allowed to accept, reject or alter established procedures at will.”
Disturbing…
Kentucky moves to fire six social service workers
The six social workers were the focus of a state investigation and a report admonishing them for excesses, but no wrongdoing.
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New Bill to Clarify Cellphone Contracts
While I believe that wireless contracts aren’t that difficult to understand (commonly it’s misconceptions and misinterpretations of the customer’s), I believe that this bill would be very helpful. Having the ability to terminate within the first thirty days of service, without facing termination fees is a great idea–the only trick, however, is that consumers would surely have to face the pains of having a non-refundable deposit if their equipment wasn’t returned in the same condition it was sold–otherwise the prices of handsets will have to be a little bit more expensive (where they are typically sold at a cheaper rate, where a discounted price is offered where the commitment for service is made)
New Bill to Clarify Cellphone Contracts
theorem4 writes to tell us that US Senators today unveiled legislation designed to empower cell phone customers across the nation by providing more protections and guaranteed options. “The Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007 will require wireless service providers to share simple, clear information on their services and charges with customers before they enter into long-term contracts; a thirty-day window in which to exit a contract without early termination fees; and greater flexibility to exit contracts with services that don’t meet their needs.”
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I am 54% Kentuckian
After reading taking this quiz, I believe that I should have a lower score…
After all, I was able to multiply 18 by 3…
(and how many kentuckians can do that?)
😉
You have…
[ ] ridden a horse
[ ] owned a horse
[ ] owned land
[x] worn over-alls
[x] been 4wheelin
[x] said “aint”
[ ] been cow-tipping
[ ] been deer hunting
[x]been swimming in a creek
[x] been swimming in a river/lake
my total: 5
You…
[x] have worked on a farm
[ ] have been duck hunting
[x] have chewed a piece of hay
[x] have bathed in a river
[x] driven or have owned a truck
[x] like to fish
[ ] owned a boat
[x] have a funny accent… or thats what ppl tell you
[ ] owned a cowboy hat
[ ] own(ed) a big dog
Total now: 11
You also…
[x] cuss when ur mad
[x] go bare foot
[x] put in a chew occasionall
[ ] go to church on sunday
[ ]own(ed) a bird dog
[ ] have riddin a horse to somewhere in town
[x] have gone on a field trip to the farm
[ ] have ever eaten goat meat
[x] have played corn hole
Total now: 16
You…
[ ]have ever gone shopping for a gun
[ ] get the kids in your family a toy gun for christmas
[x] wear long sleeves even in the summer
[x] know what stirrups are
[ ] have ever fed the deer..
[ ] have/had named a pet in spanish (ex. named a dog “perro”)
Total now: 18
Now count all the x’s and multiply that number by 3 then paste as i am _% kentuckian
Wheelchair Controlled by Thought
Wheelchair Controlled by Thought
macduffman writes “New Scientist reports on another development in interfacing with the central nervous system. The system “eavesdrops” on signals sent from the brain to the larynx, so even people who lack the muscular control to vocalize a command can operate it. The potential applications of this technology are as varied as human imagination, among them: allowing a person who has lost speech capability to vocalize again.” From the article:”The wheelchair could help people with spinal injuries, or neurological problems like cerebral palsy or motor neurone disease, operate computers and other equipment despite serious problems with muscle control. The system will work providing a person can still control their larynx, or “voice box”, which may be the case even if the lack the muscle coordination necessary to produce coherent speech.”
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Sick Sad World
“It’s 9-1-1 in the morning and 1-900 in the evening. The phone sex/E.M.S. dispatcher when Sick, Sad World returns.”
dPod
An iPod spoof, using silhouettes of characters from Daria… Awesome!
dPod – Maneater